reticuloendotheliosisn.
/rᵻˌtɪkjᵿləʊˌɛndə(ʊ)θiːlɪˈəʊsɪs/, U.S. /rəˌtɪkjəloʊˌɛndəθiliˈoʊsəs/, /rəˌtɪkjəloʊˌɛndoʊθiliˈoʊsəs/ Medicine.
Proliferation of reticuloendothelial cells; a type or instance of this. Cf. reticulosis n.
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polysarcia1693
carnification1744
pullulation1829
hypertrophy1834
heteroplasia1854
neoplasia1871
hyperplasia1873
pseudohypertrophy1873
hemihypertrophy1900
myelomatosis1904
hypercellularity1908
pleocytosis1911
myelosis1916
lymphoblastoma1920
histiocytosis1924
plasmocytosis1924
reticuloendotheliosis1925
reticulosis1932
sarcoidosis1936
retrolental fibroplasia1942
fibrogenesis1952
hyperplasm-
1925 Arch. Dermatol. & Syphilol. 12 176 The term reticulo-endotheliosis is very apt in the process here being studied. For the most part these reticular cells were arranged in diffuse patches.
1933 Jrnl. Pathol. & Bacteriol. 37 327 The other group of cases (in which sinus reticulum is affected) is represented by monocyte leukaemia, and by certain of the cases described as systematic aleukaemic reticuloendotheliosis.
1957 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 22 650/1 Classification of the reticuloendothelioses has long been a perplexing problem. The disease includes a whole spectrum of manifestations varying from a single benign skeletal lesion to fulminating systemic disease.
1992 Jrnl. Virol. 66 3026 The reticuloendotheliosis viruses (REV) are a family of highly related retroviruses isolated from gallinaceous birds.
2005 Jrnl. Amer. Acad. Dermatol. 53 839/2 (table) Benign disseminated reticuloendotheliosis of the skin in infancy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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